POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 8, 12 April 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Island: - .), Id for earii 4oz. or fraction thereof. and .*tl for each succeeding 2oz, Nnitod Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica. Egypt Italy, Mexico. Nicaragua. Nigeria, Burn. Pago Pago. Paraguay, Portugal, ami Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Serna, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports. Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other,places 2|ci for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and ltd for'each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

| Poet Cards. —Inland, single, £d; reply, Id; all other places, single, id; ! reply 2d. I Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, )d per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, £d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign. )d per 2oz. or fraction thereof One end must he left opc" Commercial papers. —Town (foi accounts, etc., only) d for 2ozs,. or Id for first 4oz. and )d each succeeding 2nz. Inland. Id for first 40z.. and Id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2Jd and Id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.— in land. r)d first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.’’ All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration, —2d additional for all places. War Tax.- -id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland £d each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon. India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Soz. sent hy first available route: over Boz. sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of M for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and )d each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnargos. —At Exchanges continuously open —Business establishments, £'< ; private residences, .Co' per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £o. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. . Invercargill. Napier, Hastings,’Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.in. to 5 p.m.

PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

ed additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post.)— Payaide, in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5. 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2 Gd; £■>, Is £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d ; £ls. 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O; 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada. United States, Hawaii and Germany. 3d for ear i ~i or fraction thereof. (By Telcguiph)-~-Within .New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate ot postal money orders, Plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. » s. cl. Australian States 0 P e w0r(1 Fiji , J S r. „ Norfolk Island ; 0 6 „ United Stat- s 2s Id to 2 „ Cape Colony n n ” L 2d° additional war tax required on S&ST&i «»*«• «*** “ p.iri ot the message). MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at ike Tost Office, Strat- ' ford, as under ; Auckland— Daily. 8.10 a.m.; also Tuesdays and Fridays, at b p.m. Cardiff— Daily, B p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham— Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.28 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 0 p.m. . Hawera —Daily. 8.10 a.m., 9.00 a.m., 2.30 p.m.. and <3 P-m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, G p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. • Hurimoana— Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday. 6 p.m. ; also Mondays Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2,30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8 p.m. Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and triday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday. M ednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. and Saturdays at 8.30 a.m. Lowgartli—Daily, 8 p.m. Malice —Daily, 8 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily. S.lO a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. . Makahu —Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G P m. Midhii ;—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 2.30 p.m., a .( G p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m.

Ngaere—Daily. 8.10 a.ra., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanhy—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m.. and 8 p.m. Palmerston North—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pohokni \ —Daily. 6 p.m. Pnniwhakau—Mondays and Saturdays 8.30 a.m.; Wednesdays, 0 p.m. Rowan-—Daily, 8 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m, Q irathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. *.ahora —Tuesday, Wednesday. Saturday. 6 p.m. ; also Mondays and Saturdays at 8,30 a.ra. Tariki—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa — Saturday, 8.30 a.m. To Wera —Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Dnilv, 6 n.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday. 8.30 a m. Tutntawa—Monday and Saturday 8.30 i a.m. : Wednesday. 0 p.m. j Wairarapa —Dnilv. 8.10 a.m., 0.30, a.m.. and 2.30 p.m, Waitara—Daily,B.lo a.m. 12.25 p.m.. and 8 n.m. Wantranni— Daily. 8.10 a.m.. 030 n.m 2.30 nm, and 8 n.m. Wei lin id on—D •■> i 1 r- R.lO a.m.. 0,30 a m.. and 2.30 n.m Wh nnnram''ninni'-,-Tuecdnv 'Wndnes- ] a..» of 1 C p.m. ; also ’Monday and Saturday at P 30 a.m S <3. STANTON. Postmaster.

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